Bypolls live updates: Voting underway for Mainpuri, six other Assembly seats

Voting is underway on Monday for by-poll to Kurhani Assembly seat in Bihar’s Muzaffarpur district where 3.11 lakh voters will decide the fate of 13 candidates, the Election Department said.

Polling began, amid tight security, at 7 am across 320 booths in the constituency, all manned by central paramilitary forces besides local police, and will continue till 6 p.m.

The Assembly segment has been divided into 39 sectors.

The Sector Magistrates will discharge their duties under the supervision of nine zonal magistrates and one “super zonal magistrate”.

The bypoll has been necessitated by the disqualification of RJD MLA Anil Kumar Sahani from the Assembly.